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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1855-10-09

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u3.I f-,;,V".rr-.' I ' : I to:;:; ,1 , . .!. .I.)" ,iM 1" I ., , J, I ,,!. .1 . ,!l .... 1 1 ( L' . j , , , sULLi?J CJL-UU--auiia.- 'V.I 1 ' '! '' OFFICE-8onth-WMtend ) Kremlin Blook, M lor' f , I f. I H jn'l Villi'''! ( TERMS $i 00 per AnattBl it IF A FREE THOUGHT SEEK EXPRESSION, SPEAK IT BOLPLY SPEAK IT AIL." .i.j l.liw (ll if paid ia Admea. i.n.'i ii .. i MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 9, 1855. VOL. 1. - '.J 10 m mount mm mmm EVERY TUESDAY MOIlNIIfG, V."'- ' i '.v ' "... "Republican ' Printing Company," " Incorporate undtr to Ventral m TERMS. In Advance $3,00; within slk months, $2,25 j after the expiration of six month, 3.50; after the end of the year, $3 00. Subscribers in town, receiving their paper by carrier, will be charged U4 ceni auui Olubtoften, $1,75 to be paid Invariably in advance. ' AH communication for the paper and Dim n.il letter hould be addreeied to i WM, H. COCHRAN, - Secretary of the Kepubllcan Printing Oo, Selected poetry The Emigrant's Song. IT THOHM ramoLi. Our native land, our nattv Tale, ,' Along, a Inst adieu I . ' Farewell to boni.y Tevlot dale, ' . And Cheviot's mountain blue t " Farewell, ye hill of gloriou deed, ' ' And streams renowned in Bong I Farewell, ye blithesome bract and meeds, ! (1 Our hearts have loved so loug I ' Farewell, ye broomy elfin knowes, Where thyme and harebells grow I Farewell, ye hoary haunted howes, O'erhuug with birk and ioe 1 The battle mound, the Border-tower, That Scotia's annals tell; " The martyr's grave, the lover' bower To each-to all farewell I ' 1 Home of our hearts I our fajher ' home I Land of the brave and free ! The keel is flashing through the foam ; Tnat bears us far from the. ' 1 "We seek a wild and distant shore Beyond the Atlantic main I . We leave thee to return no more, If or view thy cliffs again. But may dishonor blight yonr fame, And quench our household fires, ' When we or ours forget thy name, Green island of our sires I "' Our native, our native vale, A long a last adieu I Farewell to bonny Teviot dale, Aud Scotland's mountains blue 1 ' A Song of lager Beer. f . ,i .'i , ' At sung At an American barbneue in Campbell County, Kentucky, before the late election.' mi 'em up , fill 'em up, fill 'em up here, 8wi glass lager, unttri glaBt bier. Der Uucher cumpany is a good gumpany Asevercumdlrom jar many; Un mitter wine ant down nut te bier. n..n't niv far ftAmhur&nce here. Dor Dutch .drink achnaps and der Yangees ' drinks rumv ' Cnd der Kentucky boys are pumpkins some. ,,. What Caa we do for Kansas ? , 1. Dismiss from power and banish from their confidence all who aided to break the Missouri Compact, and Ihus open the door for the frauds and outrages Dy wnicu me Free Settlers of Kansas have been so grossly wronged. ' ' , 1 2. Brand with especial reprobation those who counseled and him who decreed the removal of Gov. Reeder for trying to protect the actual settlers of Kansas front the most flagrant of those outrages. 3. Stiffen the backbones of their representatives ia the new Congress about to assemble, so that they will indignantly repudiate and brash aside the usurping despotism imposed on the settlers of Kansas by the Hisouri mob who, by preconcert nd secret conspiracy, seised and vitiated theif polls last spring, and who have thereupon pretended to legalise slavery in Kansas, to make the expression of free opinions s felony, to fill all the offices of tbe Territory for six years ensuing, and to enact lection laws which disfranchise the Free set tier and confer the Right of Suffrage on Missouri invaders. . ! , Instruct the House of Representatives to admit promptly the delegate from Kansas, whom the free settlers will elect in the second week of October instead of the iiretender whom the Uissourians will elect n the week preceding. .-. .!. 5. Instruct their representatives to insert and retain in the appropriation bill which hall undertake to provide for the support of a Territorial Government in Kansas a lause to this effect: " Prwidtd, That no person in said territory shall be deprived of life, liberty or property except by due process of law; and that any act or portion of an act of any Legislature of said Territory pretending or purporting to establish Slavery therein is hereby declared to be void." 6. Make it perfectly clear to all parties that such acts of recreancy to Freedom and survility to the Slavery Power as the repeal of the Missouri Restriction and the removal of Reeder won't pay that whoever abets or attempts to uphold them must make op his mind to gain s decided loss by them.r-y. YTributu. , , , --' ii in 1 j i ' XyWhen Gov. Riedh was nominated the delegate to Congress, a few days since by tb Iree State men of Kansas, he made a speech in which he pledged himself to stand by them ia the eoming struggle, and dwelt in- eloquent terms upon the vast interest indentifiei .with their eanie. He concluded with the familiar lines : 4 ' "fetfik for our alters and ow firi Strike Ac, Ac.; Ac.; ". ' V .-; : -I 'r ,The Kansas Herald of Freedom says : ; At. he1 paused, there was an . air of deep silence, a 'when a questiort between, life nd death is being considered ever man .ireW a lobg bfeath, but the' next instant the tie tit rent with eriet, " Tet we will airike. "ii. ti "White men etn never be la,vB !" " Reederl" ' Reeder IV JTina heera for "Reeder and Right." .' During his speech 'he had beet CooJtaDtty inter' fupted bf shout and shaking of hands, irat now the :nthusianv U arir ovrna. bjei the.crowd gathered arouij, him with A warwit greetings. ,r We yonld rather pf the plu ".be holds in the hearts off eiioront Uannr people than 'to wear . ' For th Republican ' ; i High Taxetv . Much has been said, of .late, of high taxes, and to screen themselves, the loco office-holders, make an effort to cast the whole blame upon local authorities, and claim that taxes for State purposes, are but a small moiety of the whole. We have a few figures taken from public douments, showing a different state of things, and al so showing the amount expended for Gen eral Revenue purposes from 1845 to 1864 inclusive. These figures prove conclusive ly, that local expenditure are not the sole cause of the loud complaints against high taxes, but that the extravagant u of the people's money for State purposes, is the ground of those complaints. We will take the tax levied for State purposes alone, for the years 1863 and 1 854, showing an increase, of a million and a quarter in on year. i ' , . '.' .,, STATB TAX. 1853........ .91,776,636 68 1854........ 3,026,323 92 Here we have an increase in our taxes for one year alone, of 1,249,787 24, which difference is more than the entire State tax in 1 846 or 1 847, Was it heal extravagance which caused the increased outlay ? How absurd and silly the charge t Yet there men who have the hardihood to attempt to get up a crusade against local authorities, thereby hoping to escape from blame under the smoke and dust they raise. What a silly dodge ? The people are not to be thus easily deceived. Local extravagance, indeed I Is it not to the new Constitution and the miserable legislation under it, we owe our being ground to death by taxation ? ' Let us now make a comparison of the expenditures for a few years for general revenue purposes alone, and see what an amount was wasted in 1854, about the tax for which year so much has been said. Remember, reader, this table is exclusive of local expenditures : ' Amount expended for General Revenue purpose in 1845 .6201.471 97 1846 ... 193.223 56 1847 211.879 33 1849 307,166 41 1850 351,186 48 1851 .. 465.495 60 1853 ....... 513.915 16 .1854 . ONLY , 606,850 - There you have it, dear reader I Only 9606,850 98 of the people'a money ex pended in one year for State purposes alone. This the locos say is cheap legislation, and it may be for them, yet what do you say tax-payers ? Do jou consider it low t Have we been better governed, have our laws been more faithfully executed under a Democratic than under a Whig govern ment. In 1846 the Whigs were in power- in 1854, the Locos had the reins of power in their hands. Some say comparisons are odious, but let us make one more for instance. The expenses in 1846 for general revenue purposes were 9193,223 66 in 1854 they were $606,850 98, only a difference of 9413,527 42, or more than three times as much as they were under Whig rule in 1 846. Comparisons are odious, indeed, when such a glaring discrepancy as this, is made apparent'.!" . '; '' ; 'We ask our readers to ponder these things well. We have made no election eering story to deceive you, but have given yoa a plain statement of facts, taken front public documents. a. . Pbissncc or Mind. Tbe Chicago PreM tells the following story. "A lady was one evening In her draw ing room alone, when the only inmate of tbe bouse, a brother wbo had been Decay ing a tendency to unsoundness ot mind, entered with a carvinjr knife in hit hand, and, shutting the door, came up to her and said : Mrgaret, an odd idea bas occurred to me. ' I wish to paint the head of John the baptist, and I think yours would make an excellent study for it. 8o if you please, I will cutoff your head. She looked at her brother's eye, and, seeing no token of jest, concluded that he meant to do at be said. There was an epen window and bat-oony by her side, with a street in front, but a moment satisfied her that safety did not lie in that way. , So, putting on a smi ling countenance, she said with the greatest apparent cordiality J That is a strange Idea 'George ; but. would it not be a pity to spoil this new lace tippet which I have got on T I will just step to my room and put it off and be with you again in half a minute. -' Without waiting to give bim time to consider, she stepped lightly across the floor and passed out. Ia another moment 'he was safe in, her room, whence she easily gave the alarm and returned,' when the madman wat secured.'1 ' ' ' " ' ' t f, 'i .j v '. ' a ITiw Gam. The Cincinnati Qatttt of this mprhing contains the following ttate-meat : " .j:.v; J "Wei have Irtt-raU authority for making the fallowing statement:,, , -,'. Ciroulor have been sent to tbe leading Trimble men in every county ia the state to ascertain their6 actual 'strength, for the fcurpose, If theythiak there are enough, by aaiting on one man to defeat Mr. Chase, to withdraw . Mr Trimble, .and aaite on Jlsdill. They ar .figuring at this bow, and if Trimble stay on the track until the election, It wilt be because1 his friends and Medill't friends are satisfied that' they eani notedmmand vetct ehovgh todeCtet Chase. ia The above information tomes to as, from reliable souree.?!,,. : Gen. Harrison't Generosity, , . , We heard an Interesting anecdote, the other day, of General Harrison, which we have never seen in print, During the political campaign which terminated in the election of General Harrison, a certain well known democratic editor visited , In order to address a Colitical meeting there. Upon his arrival e was surrounded by the friends of the faith, and soon found himsell warmly discussing the principles of the old democracy. After convincing his friends of the ruin in which the Whigs were attempting to involve the country and the all-taving Democracy, he eommenoed upon the private character of General Harrison; he had not prooeoded far in this strain, bow-ever, before he was confronted by a tall, raw-boned pioneer, with " Look here, stranger, if you mean to say that General Harrison is anything less than a gentleman, you're a villain and a liarl" The editor stopped short looked around in surprise perhaps he expected to see the bold insulter annihilated. The pioneer continued : "I am a democrat ; but I don't allow any demagogue to speak disparagingly of tren. Harrison in my presence. " O, you're excited, my friend," remark-' ed the editor cooly. " I'm not excited : but 1 owe my home to General Harrison, and when any man abuses him he's got to fight. If you want to know why, I will tell you. When 1 came out West I squatted on an eighty acre bit of land I had no money and whenever 1 trot a job of work which would bring me a little cash, I pitched in, and procured my earned money and laid it up. Thus I worked for a long time, saving all the silver I came across 1 believe I d sooner have starved than spent any of the bard till at length I succeeded in amass ing enough to pay for my eighty acres. When I'd earned the last cent, I started early one morning, with my knapsack of food upon my back, and my oasu in my pocket, and taking the Indian trail, made or Cincinnati, where the land office was then situated. When I got there and counted out my money, the land agent told me that one of my dollars was spurious. This troubled me. I didn't know what to do. A dollar was a mighty big sum with me, and I hadn't another oent in tbe world besides, I'd come a mighty long way on foot, and it seemed hard to have to go home without my land. While I stood there talking to the agent in came the General, who, upon finding out what the trouble was, gave me the extra dollar, and invited me to stop at North Bend thai night, as I returned home. I took bim at bis word and stopped, telling Mrs. Harrison that the General invited me to take np my lodging there that night, and I had not been there long before the General came himself came in : he welcomed me, and I slept there that night. When I was about to start next morning, the General, showing me a mare, told me hadn't a bridle or halter to give me, but if I'd get the mare home I might have her. He no sooner said this than I cut to the woods, stripped some young paw-paw bark, made a halter of it, returned and caught my mare, and went home feeling prouder than a king. Prior to this I had no stock on my farm. Now, gentlemen, haven't I a right to defend General Harrison?" Then turning to the editor, " And you puppy, you, if you repeat anything derogatory to the character of my benefactor, I'll smash every bone in your body." Tbe editor was not inclined to doubt the sincerity of the pioneer, and very prudently took good care to leave off his tirade against the personal character of General Harrison. Connerwill Times. " Ma. CoRWiif was here during the State Fair, and we learn expressed his determination to vote for Trimble in various con-venations." Ohio Statesman of Sunday, September 30A., ..; . ; . i In days past the Statesman has labored hard to disgrace Mr. Corwin before his countrymen. And here, comet another covert attempt, and from the same grovelling motive that prompted other efforts, namely, a willingness to advance party interests at the expense of private reputation or public welfare. " : , If the public can be made to believe that Mr. Corwin said one thing to one man, another thing to another man, it follows that Mr. Corwin is trifler and unworthy of confidence,' whose judgment and opinions should not be headed. , Mr. Corwin is too well beloved, too deeply respected by bis fellow eiticens, for them to listen for a moment to tbe base insinuations of the Statesman. We pronounce the above story false in everv narticular false in ita inception, false in its utterance, without a shadow of foundation to rest on. The Statesman can produce no man who heard Mr. Corwin say be would vote for Trimble at the com ing election. On the contrary, every man wbo approached bim with a desire to learn bis opinions was told he would vote for Mr. Chase, and why he should vote for Mr, Chase. 1 He should vote for bim as the best and only mode left to rebuke the corrupt and aggressive admioistratioii at Washington. , ; . v Mr. Corwin does not fail to express his personal respect for Allen Trimble, but he thinki him in A wrong position. To sap port him now, would be administering to the corrupt influences of the Slave Power, and aiding to beat down the freedom and free men of the country. , , ' The Statesman' must Iry . tome other dodge to sustain the Slave . Democracy of Ohio. It is tottering oo iu last lee,! and the fd Taetdsy of tbia preseaO month wUl sink it so deep that no political resurrection will reach it. O. S. Journal. ' " ' CakA PoTitots.---A correipdnrJen id titkt Hart County, Indiana, writes thtt he planted bit " one acre more', in potatoes, and, now it appears all hi neighbors did tbe same. .The .consequence is that pota toes, as Sine At ever grew: are hottmallj Worth1 1 ft cents' ' bnsbel. but ' the market there i not safflcent to take . np one half tbt cropland be U, what are we to, do witt tnem. s f f, y , ,. j ' ' ,i i , i , '. For the Republican. Reform, Reform, : - Ma. Editor I Reform Ib and ought to be the watchword of the Republicans. The people of this County and of tint State are borne down with burdens of taxa tion in various forms, almost too intolerable to be endured... We need reform in this particular as well as ia many others. As among the reforms we ought to hve in this County, IJwould propose areduction in the compensation paid to some our of County officers. Some of these officers receive quite too much for the amount of labor they perform. For instance, I am told that our County Treasurer receives about 93,000 per annum, and labors not more than about six or eight months in the year. Now, Mr. Editor, I consider this compensation quite too large ; and especially as we farmers and others have to pay this enormous amount in the shape of taxes. Now, sir, I have understood from a reliable source that the post of County Treasurer will be taken at 91,200 per annum by a man very capable of performing the duties of the of fice, who will give good security to indem nify the County against loss. I am also informed the Poor-House can be given out for 9100 dollars per year, including the use of the poor-house farm and its appurtenances. I have no doubt that a reduction might be made in the County Auditor's annual compensation, as well as in other county offices. I think it would be well to com mence the work of reform at home as well as elsewhere. If we, the people, will on ly set about this matter in earnest we can accomplish it, and speedily relieve ourselves from a portion of the burdens which now oppress us.' I would suggest, Mr. Editor, that our Republican nominees for Treasurer and Infirmary Director be interrogated on this matter of reduction and reform, and if they respond to our satisfaction, let them have the undivided support of all the friends of reform. If they give an uncertain response, we may be sure there is "something rotten in Denmark," and we had better look for candidate to fill those offices who favor reduction and reform. What say you, fellow Republicans T 1 A Reformer prom ths Cotjntrt. Correspondence of the New Orleans Delta. Execution of a Boy. Alexandria, La., Aug. 27. The execution of the boy Frank, of the murder of Rev. J. J. Weems, took place on Friday last, the 24th inst. It is strange to say, that the majority of the citizens of Alexandria, and, in fact, tbe inhabitants all round, were anxious to see him executed; and on the fatal day when it came to pass, there was not a dozen people there 1 Some rode forty miles to witness this painful drama, but he was executed and buried by the time they came to Alexandria. On the day before he was called to face death, some gentlemen visited him and propounded questions to him; but his answers were, and could be no other than childish. He was, I believe, only ten years old. - The gentlemen told him that the Sheriff was to hang him on the next morning and asked him what he thought of it, and whether he had made his peace with God, and why he did not pray 7 Hit answer was "I hare been hung many a time I" He was, at the time, amusing himself with some marbles be had in his cell I He was playing all tbe time in jail, never once thinking that death was soon to claim him as his victim. To show you how a child'a mind ranges when about to die. I will mention that when upon the scaffold, he begged to be permitted to pray which was granted and then he commenced to cry I Oh I what horrible sight it wat I : ' , '. Diai Gbntlt. Deal gently with those that stray. If there are signs of repent-ance, there is hope, a kind word or smile may bring back the wanderer a frown, a bitter taunt may sink him in the lowest depths of infamy. A kisa is worth a thousand kicks. Draw back the erring one by love and persuasion. Knock at the door of his heart, feel your way up the winding ttairs, and perchance a pious mother's tears have kept a corner moist and tender touch it gently tenderly ttir the precious seed, and may hap you may pluck the ripened fruit in the spirit world. Deal gently with the erring. . . To err ia human to forgive divine," A kind word ia more amiable to the lost than a mine of gold,' think of this and be on your guard, re who would chase to the grave an erring brother. i -. i , .' . A SuABt Womab". A preauher not long since, asking to stay all night at a country house, waa Yorbidden by the lady. Know ing her to be a member of the church and generally pleased to entertain ministers, he began to .quote Paul .to her, hoping she would understand by this bint that he was a nreacher. He had hardly irot out, " For thereby some have entertained aogles unawares," when the said i - Bat angles, Kir, would not cdme- with tobaeo in their mouths.'? The preacher left, without fur ther ceremony. i;. ...i tW" The Westport correspondent of the Missouri Republican says that judge fit-mori fthe Judge who won't be removed) thinks he bat "(rot-the President. He proposes to wait a til hi successor demands the official ; teal ' end then will refuse to give it np.. It will then be sued for by, an action of quo varranto, " and thus the case Will be brought np. It fa said " that the Judge feelt toafident of gaining hit ease s bat be says, no matter how it ends he will 1 cicerwign.,. ... ; The Whig Party Dead, and How It Dled-Juiini Rockwell's Letter. Tht following it the reply of Mr. Rook-wbm, to tbe letter informing him of his nomination by tne republican Convention of Massachusetts : PiTTsmto, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1855. Gentlemen : I received last ' evening your letter bearing date of the 20th instant, which informs me that in the Republican Slate Convention, held on that day at Worcester, 1 was nominated as the candidate of the Republican Party for the office of uovernor of tbit commonwealth for the ensuing political year. Your letter inclosed copies of the address and Resolutions which you state were unanimously adopted by the Convention I accept the nomination of the Republican Party thus made, On the 17th inst. I attended a political meeting of citizens of this town, called lor the purpose of appointing delegates to tbe Convention at Worcester. I had careful ly considered the subject in all its bearings, keeping my mind open to every argument and suggestion, and my position was then publicly avowed.' lbat position requires me to change no opinion upon the publio questions before the country. While in the House of Representatives, the opinions and arguments put forth in my place there, and which are on record, lead directly in the light of tbe circumstances now surrounding us, to the principles set forth in the address and resolutions of the Worcester Convention. During tbe past year, in tbe Senate, a petition for the repeal of the fugitive Slave Law, subscribed by some eicht thousand men of Massachusetts, principally of Bos ton and its vicinity, was intrusted to my cure. A discussion ensued. At that time, as at others, the fact was announced by Senators who bad been elected as Whigs, and other events have fu.nished indubitable evidence of its truth, the Whig party had ceased to exist as a national party. We have watched with great interest the effect of the revival of the prospects of the Democratic party, to see whether the re suscitation of that party, upon so distinct pro-slavery ground, would not revive as a national party its former antagonists, and establish it upon the basis of freedom, and thus enable it to acquire Buch new strength as would make it successful. It seems no longer possible to entertain such an idea. And yet it cauuot be deemed impossible that in some way the great majority of the people of the oouotry may unite in resisting effectually the aggressions of tbe slavery interest, r ; Recognizing, therefore, " ttfe paramount issue, " I recognize as the only practicable means of sustaining our position upon that issue, our cooperation with the masses of our friends in other States in the formation, of the Republican party . of the Union. ' , No history and no experience justify despair of its becoming a National Party. Give it the best energies of the people of the r ree states ; give it tbe aid ot the wisdom, talent and eloquence which are now greatly wasted iq miuor contests ; give it the prospect of success and it will become a National party. The struggle, whether brief or protracted, will not break up the Union of these States; the more earnest and brief it may be the less will be- tbe danger of that. But its result, if it be to establish domestio slavery as a national institution, will plant the seeds of decay and dissolution. And without tuch determined struggle the same effect is inevitable.United action will give strength and mu tual confidence, and will enable us from time to time to take sound positions, which oan be everywhere defended and maintained. , . In connection with this brief statement of some of the public considerations which gcvern my course at this time. I will not speak at all ot personal wishes or teeiings. Very respectfully your obt. servant, i JULIUS ROCKWELL.; Messrs. N. P. Banks, Jr., and Sbth Wbbb, Jr., : ,, . . Pres't and Sec'ry of Convention. Hon. Tros. Corwis. In answer to fre quent inquiries, both oral and by letter, we say that, in repeated conversations .with ourselves and others, Mr. Corwin has avowed bis determination of voting for Mr. Unase, " not to sustain the man, but tbe prihoipli which drpends npon bis elec tion." We know and appreciate the repugnance which Mr. C. feels to being drawn again into the active fi IJ of politics. But in saying what we have, we violate no conndence, and we felt tbat bis old friends had a right to know his viow, ofar as we could properly gratify their curiosity. Manv an old Winer will feel hia course justified by the action of their old and fa vorite standard bearer. stale Journal. Wbio Trimblbrs ooino fob Ms dill. As the lay of election approaches, the Wbig Trimblert are becoming less careless of their disguise, and show themselves more and more resolved to aid the election of Mr. Mzdill.. We are glad to see it. Hypocrisy is the meanest kind of roguery, and its practice is beneath the character of a gontleman. . kt Pap Taylor, the Times, and C. W. 8tarbuck dt Co., and the little men who are in their councils play this game of petty political swindling; but but let it be confined to such. Whigs wbo are opposed to the election of Mr. Chase should go for Mr, Medill' at once, like ' met, not attempt to steal like cowards out of their reepomjbility. Their tpuls must be poor indeed when they require to miserable an act of self deception to keep themselves in countenance. 1 ' " '" i" Savaoss ii Tit Aaf.--Tbe San'Aeto-nio Ltdger aayt that Lieut. Randall re cently fell npon a party of Indians near fort uavisi killed ten, of their number. forced two aver a precipice sixty feet high, and took one child prisoner. ' Only two out bf fifteen' Indians Waned. -The traide killed the chief,' and Ueat Randall toalped kirn. About half of the Indians were, women, dressed M men, but their tex was flirt icirwo until after the killirj. ' Treasurer Cheit of the Atlantic. ! " We are permitted to make the following extract! from a letter from a gentleman in Canada West to a gentleman in this city. 'It gives an interesting account of an almost ... f .1 , ... . . .L. Buoceasiui auempi vu rccuTcr mo uninrj lost in the steamer AtUntic, on Lake Erie, about three years airo., : . ;. .. , ; . Pi. Dovaa, Aug., 1855. You no doubt hare heard of tbe many unsuccessful attempts to obtain the money chest lost with the steamer Atlantie, three years ago said to contain 960,000. .Tbe statute. I believe, limits the claim of owner ship over property thus lost to three yean, In this case, the time limited expired on the 20th inst,, and Green, the celebrated submarine diver, reached here on the 21st, in tbe canal boat schooner Yorktown, Capt. Patterson, on his way to tbe wreck,, twen ty-five miles distant. They returned yes terday, and being well acquainted with Capt. Patterson I obtained the folowing account from him : . . . "About 10 o'clock," say t Cant. P., "on the 26th, all being ready, Green de- cended by means of a line, whicb, having a grapple on the end, had become fast to something below. He was dressed with three pair of flannel drawers, three shirts, also flannel ; thret pair of woolen Blockings, surrounded by bis submarine armor ; Jon his feet he had a pair of stoga shoes, with a lead sole or j of an inch thick, and a belt of 80 lbs of shot around his body to sink him, (and the breast-piece of the ar mor cannot weigh less than ou ids.; latins hold of the line, he decended, finding it perfectly light, so that be could see all around bim to the debth of sixty feet, when it grew dark, and for the balance of his fearful journey amid the caverns of the deep, he was guided solely by !he line, until at a debth of about 140 feet, when he struck bottom, or something which he made out, to be the wheel-house of the ill-fated boat ; grouping along he slid on the hurricane from thence to the guards of the boat ; by poking around, he discovered the pre cise position of the beat, and found himself not far from the sought for omce, and made fast the end of a line which he had carried down with bim, to a stauncion near the gangway, and giving the signal, ascended, carrying with him a piece of the wheel- house, whicb he had secured, (a piece of which about 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches thick, was sawed off and presented to me by the Captain of the York-town.) He had gone down in all 152 feet and remained just 40 minutes. After rest ing he again decended, having first partaken of a hearty meal, without removing bis dress, save the head piece. His excitement was intence at bis great success thus tar. and when he decended the second time he was quite hot, (the day was intensely hot.) Decendin? bv his second line, he soon stood on the deck ; feeling bis way along, he soon reached the 'third' window, which being unbroken, he shattered it, and reaching in his hand, at last laid it upon the much coveted safe, just in the position which it had been described to bim. Not beinrr able to reach far enough to make his line fast, he again ascended for hook to hook through the handles ; reaching the deck he made known his success and requirement, and as no hook was ready, sat down until one could be secured to a line. As they were about ready, be rolled over and said be wbs sick. Tbey stripped him, and did all in their power for him, but were finally obliged to buoy the lines and make sail for this place, for medical attendance. They reached here at noon yesterday, and two physicians were immediately called, who expressed their opinion that he would not live ; however,- they labored faithfully with bim, and at nigbt pronounced him better, and thia morning although not out of danger, it is thought be will live, and is in a fair, way for a speedy recovery. , He saya if his life is spaied he will yet be the owner of that chest. He will no doubt be more oautious in future how be makes a dive when he. is warm, and on t full stomach.', His first exclama tion on bis second ' ascension- wa, ' I touched the gold." . V , .., ? - , Ohio and bkr Railroads. A Louis ville correspondedt of the S.Y.- Evening Post remarks :. The railways of Ohio are a marvel If you ever saw a populous anthill on the old tree stump, and marked tbe incessant crossing, going and coming of these industrious Lilliputians, you can form a tolerably clear idea of the Buckeyes and their doing. - All day and night the locomotive screams, and whistles, and puffs all over the State." ., ; Disunion. The Charleston, S. C. Mer cury in a correspondent's article says. " We have had enough of the "morions Union." The association, on our part, has long been dishonorable ; now, what with genteel scoundrelism. exhibited "in fashionable bankruptcies, foreign and free negro riots, open and professed infidelity dec, dtc the connection has become positively disreputable. A thoroughly organ ized Disunion party it the desideratum, and until tuoh be formed at the South, all time devoted to political discussion will be " time wasted." ' ; Chahob or Frort.-At the gathering of the Trimble and Medill leaders durmg the State rir, : it was determined to eoocea Irate their force on Medill, aa the , only chance of defeating the Republican can didate. Previously, the immediate mends of Gov. Trimble bad been unwilling to take thia course - but the ease val id hopeless aa showBw up by , report from all quarters that it was determined to keepup the came of Trimble to' catch conscientious " Henry day Whig."' while" the ' Initiated," those with) real pro-Slavery' feelings, should g6 direM 'op Medill. , -fi,-, , . , V( IS Read tbe tetter from. McConnela- ville, if you have any doubts on this, sub-u. t m; Xim T.i .- .... '-"'i i. i - ....m y:: ' - - I tt Dr. Tom Edward, 'of Cincinnati requests tbe Commercial to to tt that he ha been potted to'wneak at the Trimble meeting without hit knowledge or fan-tent, He has no sympathy with the nsvt-ment, and eompUiris of the newarrir'.H ti cif V r 1 Whigi, be hot DocclTel I, , Block Sympathy for Tr'ibleThe Trqe Nature of tbe Movement Eipoe- Whig betrayed to the Ettererr at the bottom of it I , , ,, ,-. v The following letter from a perfectly reliable source,- discloses the true object of the LEADERS in the Trimbjt movement. It remains to be seen whether the pretext held forth, namely, the vindication of Whiff Principle! will serve to delude Old Whigs into the support of Medill and tbe SLAVIC J DEMOCRACY I Friends Old Lino Whigs read the leWer'TTTT. VT : MoConnblsviUb, Sept, W, 1855. " Editobs JooRbalJ I have something to communicate, which,' should you deem it of eufficient importance, you can use as your judgment may dictate. .--i j . This morning I accidentally fojl into conversation with a prominent Democrat from Stark county, Mr. Cocke, formerly a Rep-resentative of that county in the Legisla-ture. In the course of tbe conversation he gave it as his opinion that Medill jrould be re-elected; and urged as a reason, that being in attendance at the Stale TFair last week, he had listened to' a conversation between two prominent bid line Whigs, one residing in Greene eounty, i. G. Gest, and the other name not mentioned, but resi dent of Clark eounty.- 1 The Clark county man said that he was huiraing and electioneering for Trimulb, but at the election he would vote for Oov. Medill; and Qeat saidr ? that ia right, ti is precisely Jibe course that I intended to pursue,; and that the Trimbleitesin Greenecounty would ' do the same thing.' , !. It occurred to me that this should be known, that themasses(T) of Trimble men might be advised of the aims ana onjectsoi ( their leaders, which is to transfer "straight Whiffs" over body and breeches, to the ' support of Billy Medill fc Co." - 1 ' " ' xoursiruiy, ...... ISRAEL GREEN., , The facta here disclosed agree fully with information to the same effect which reach-, es us from two other quarters. It so hap ' pens that we are enabled to certify to the treachery of Mr. Gest 'ourselves. i When -i we confronted him and charged. Vim, with,,, his hypocritical pretence , of, support of Trimble, his answer was that he never' . pretended to be a Trimble man I '- Yet h J figured as one of the speakers, in company " with Charley Anderson and Judge John nl son, at tbe xnmoie meeting in w suyi during the State Fair I, ,, ,-, y . -( WHIGS 1 Friends of FrbbdomJ We were betrayed by our Southern friends in' 11 Congress in the repeal of the Missouri Com- i promise. Bkwarb of 'Nobthmui Doc-n, racBs I -I ? -v ':'": ,v-.i ..jt wmj Mexico. '. -:1B7 ,i.'JI The lasfrevolutiori fri Mexico,' (hough It. has succeeded in getting ridof Santa Anna,'' has installed a government which renders a new revolution necessary before those;1 who started ' he last accomplish their object. ' Carrera, the provisional president, seems determined to hold on to the reigns of pow--, er, but the real revolutionist are disposed t to " brush ,him out." He has adopted some vigorous measures and introduced some important reforms, and proposes that '' the National Guards thall again become T the bulwark of the nation's liberties.' He hat re-established commercial communica- j tion; granted unlimited freedom to the press ; abolished the title bf serede highness " ' recalled all exiles ; deprived the command-i ing Generals of authority over the revenue) ; has prohibited the registering or detention., of correspondence. ; and re-established the mails. , He has convoked the Constituent Congress conformably to the law of 1841, agreably with the requirements of tha t Ayutla plan. . This looks like assuming the t reigns of power in reality, and whether he will, be disposed to resign authority to either Alvarez or Vidaurri,' the" leaders 'of' " Young Mexico," and rivals of each other t is a question which tim will' tet,'i The Federative form, ot .government teems, to14 be tbat favored by the mass ol the people There have been other "plans 'which, contemplated the establishment" of several dir'' tinct republic! which were formed by thea Texan, bat the jelouty agaiosi, foreigner j, has caused .Vidaurri. to , repudiate) the " auxiliaries" who lent him assistance, and now the Mexican leader of all complexion ' are against t any foreijjn interference.- ' Philadelphia Ledger. vfemw u Tn OnrniW or VmTiinfiit.ii MntfViIti. A' correspondent of tbe Cleveland Lead'- er, in an account of a Trimble meeting held at Massillon, says that E. P. Norton1 claimed, in his speech, to be the Fathbr of) the Trimble party, and stated that"" ths ' whole tcheme 6f organisation wat Coaeoet- ed in hit office by him and few of h'm friends.',' . Ubarlee Anderson, Judge Joba, ton and Co, must feel particularly gratified at the idea of playing seeobd fiddle to Mr.' KortM--(?fatv.' v ji ij '(!ii'.;ica u ! .ii i M i ii i y : .,(, ,,.io A Ukoallakv Jjivinb. The following, is told of the Rev, Dr. Kirk, of Boston. Early in life a lady of fortune,' whose at-' ' ten tion was awakened towards thn by Lis conspicuous talents, wrote bim nete, bf-J faring' bim her heart fortnaet And hkad.i Tbe Rev. Dr., however, with more terae- ness than gallantry, replied, to ber; that she had better give her heart to' tht Lord," her-fortune to the church-, and''"' reserve' her band for hint who ahbald uk.it.? t t.) ""WMkyMttkAaMMittlaUail f. f 1-lff Frank Corwin, in note to rtbft, Clinton Republican,' tlitei thsthehsdrWeii. appointed td apeak at' Trimble 'incetin' when he wat btMt:'from-th,-'6toU,7uiI' that the tppoinlmefttt'were made, .wjthout hit knotledg bf consent He ha neither the- Cmt er inclination to 6fl ilc aolnf- tfcntaW'fJ 'oii.' J.I l :. ii , .i. c m 17 TV " I1" -,.. ri!.-, fWM the Womn rJghta ConvantioBi, at Saratoga a few day since, while Mrs., Lucy 8 one Bfackwell was ipeakins, nme facetious opponent of1 Lucy's throty ',: her, who would bu care of the h-' ' ' when mother went .to, Conjrre;s !" ."f, will fpply to that everlstin qvif j,' joined Lucy, " by asU"? ivuo t ' , cf . r """f""r"' TT TT

u3.I f-,;,V".rr-.' I ' : I to:;:; ,1 , . .!. .I.)" ,iM 1" I ., , J, I ,,!. .1 . ,!l .... 1 1 ( L' . j , , , sULLi?J CJL-UU--auiia.- 'V.I 1 ' '! '' OFFICE-8onth-WMtend ) Kremlin Blook, M lor' f , I f. I H jn'l Villi'''! ( TERMS $i 00 per AnattBl it IF A FREE THOUGHT SEEK EXPRESSION, SPEAK IT BOLPLY SPEAK IT AIL." .i.j l.liw (ll if paid ia Admea. i.n.'i ii .. i MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 9, 1855. VOL. 1. - '.J 10 m mount mm mmm EVERY TUESDAY MOIlNIIfG, V."'- ' i '.v ' "... "Republican ' Printing Company," " Incorporate undtr to Ventral m TERMS. In Advance $3,00; within slk months, $2,25 j after the expiration of six month, 3.50; after the end of the year, $3 00. Subscribers in town, receiving their paper by carrier, will be charged U4 ceni auui Olubtoften, $1,75 to be paid Invariably in advance. ' AH communication for the paper and Dim n.il letter hould be addreeied to i WM, H. COCHRAN, - Secretary of the Kepubllcan Printing Oo, Selected poetry The Emigrant's Song. IT THOHM ramoLi. Our native land, our nattv Tale, ,' Along, a Inst adieu I . ' Farewell to boni.y Tevlot dale, ' . And Cheviot's mountain blue t " Farewell, ye hill of gloriou deed, ' ' And streams renowned in Bong I Farewell, ye blithesome bract and meeds, ! (1 Our hearts have loved so loug I ' Farewell, ye broomy elfin knowes, Where thyme and harebells grow I Farewell, ye hoary haunted howes, O'erhuug with birk and ioe 1 The battle mound, the Border-tower, That Scotia's annals tell; " The martyr's grave, the lover' bower To each-to all farewell I ' 1 Home of our hearts I our fajher ' home I Land of the brave and free ! The keel is flashing through the foam ; Tnat bears us far from the. ' 1 "We seek a wild and distant shore Beyond the Atlantic main I . We leave thee to return no more, If or view thy cliffs again. But may dishonor blight yonr fame, And quench our household fires, ' When we or ours forget thy name, Green island of our sires I "' Our native, our native vale, A long a last adieu I Farewell to bonny Teviot dale, Aud Scotland's mountains blue 1 ' A Song of lager Beer. f . ,i .'i , ' At sung At an American barbneue in Campbell County, Kentucky, before the late election.' mi 'em up , fill 'em up, fill 'em up here, 8wi glass lager, unttri glaBt bier. Der Uucher cumpany is a good gumpany Asevercumdlrom jar many; Un mitter wine ant down nut te bier. n..n't niv far ftAmhur&nce here. Dor Dutch .drink achnaps and der Yangees ' drinks rumv ' Cnd der Kentucky boys are pumpkins some. ,,. What Caa we do for Kansas ? , 1. Dismiss from power and banish from their confidence all who aided to break the Missouri Compact, and Ihus open the door for the frauds and outrages Dy wnicu me Free Settlers of Kansas have been so grossly wronged. ' ' , 1 2. Brand with especial reprobation those who counseled and him who decreed the removal of Gov. Reeder for trying to protect the actual settlers of Kansas front the most flagrant of those outrages. 3. Stiffen the backbones of their representatives ia the new Congress about to assemble, so that they will indignantly repudiate and brash aside the usurping despotism imposed on the settlers of Kansas by the Hisouri mob who, by preconcert nd secret conspiracy, seised and vitiated theif polls last spring, and who have thereupon pretended to legalise slavery in Kansas, to make the expression of free opinions s felony, to fill all the offices of tbe Territory for six years ensuing, and to enact lection laws which disfranchise the Free set tier and confer the Right of Suffrage on Missouri invaders. . ! , Instruct the House of Representatives to admit promptly the delegate from Kansas, whom the free settlers will elect in the second week of October instead of the iiretender whom the Uissourians will elect n the week preceding. .-. .!. 5. Instruct their representatives to insert and retain in the appropriation bill which hall undertake to provide for the support of a Territorial Government in Kansas a lause to this effect: " Prwidtd, That no person in said territory shall be deprived of life, liberty or property except by due process of law; and that any act or portion of an act of any Legislature of said Territory pretending or purporting to establish Slavery therein is hereby declared to be void." 6. Make it perfectly clear to all parties that such acts of recreancy to Freedom and survility to the Slavery Power as the repeal of the Missouri Restriction and the removal of Reeder won't pay that whoever abets or attempts to uphold them must make op his mind to gain s decided loss by them.r-y. YTributu. , , , --' ii in 1 j i ' XyWhen Gov. Riedh was nominated the delegate to Congress, a few days since by tb Iree State men of Kansas, he made a speech in which he pledged himself to stand by them ia the eoming struggle, and dwelt in- eloquent terms upon the vast interest indentifiei .with their eanie. He concluded with the familiar lines : 4 ' "fetfik for our alters and ow firi Strike Ac, Ac.; Ac.; ". ' V .-; : -I 'r ,The Kansas Herald of Freedom says : ; At. he1 paused, there was an . air of deep silence, a 'when a questiort between, life nd death is being considered ever man .ireW a lobg bfeath, but the' next instant the tie tit rent with eriet, " Tet we will airike. "ii. ti "White men etn never be la,vB !" " Reederl" ' Reeder IV JTina heera for "Reeder and Right." .' During his speech 'he had beet CooJtaDtty inter' fupted bf shout and shaking of hands, irat now the :nthusianv U arir ovrna. bjei the.crowd gathered arouij, him with A warwit greetings. ,r We yonld rather pf the plu ".be holds in the hearts off eiioront Uannr people than 'to wear . ' For th Republican ' ; i High Taxetv . Much has been said, of .late, of high taxes, and to screen themselves, the loco office-holders, make an effort to cast the whole blame upon local authorities, and claim that taxes for State purposes, are but a small moiety of the whole. We have a few figures taken from public douments, showing a different state of things, and al so showing the amount expended for Gen eral Revenue purposes from 1845 to 1864 inclusive. These figures prove conclusive ly, that local expenditure are not the sole cause of the loud complaints against high taxes, but that the extravagant u of the people's money for State purposes, is the ground of those complaints. We will take the tax levied for State purposes alone, for the years 1863 and 1 854, showing an increase, of a million and a quarter in on year. i ' , . '.' .,, STATB TAX. 1853........ .91,776,636 68 1854........ 3,026,323 92 Here we have an increase in our taxes for one year alone, of 1,249,787 24, which difference is more than the entire State tax in 1 846 or 1 847, Was it heal extravagance which caused the increased outlay ? How absurd and silly the charge t Yet there men who have the hardihood to attempt to get up a crusade against local authorities, thereby hoping to escape from blame under the smoke and dust they raise. What a silly dodge ? The people are not to be thus easily deceived. Local extravagance, indeed I Is it not to the new Constitution and the miserable legislation under it, we owe our being ground to death by taxation ? ' Let us now make a comparison of the expenditures for a few years for general revenue purposes alone, and see what an amount was wasted in 1854, about the tax for which year so much has been said. Remember, reader, this table is exclusive of local expenditures : ' Amount expended for General Revenue purpose in 1845 .6201.471 97 1846 ... 193.223 56 1847 211.879 33 1849 307,166 41 1850 351,186 48 1851 .. 465.495 60 1853 ....... 513.915 16 .1854 . ONLY , 606,850 - There you have it, dear reader I Only 9606,850 98 of the people'a money ex pended in one year for State purposes alone. This the locos say is cheap legislation, and it may be for them, yet what do you say tax-payers ? Do jou consider it low t Have we been better governed, have our laws been more faithfully executed under a Democratic than under a Whig govern ment. In 1846 the Whigs were in power- in 1854, the Locos had the reins of power in their hands. Some say comparisons are odious, but let us make one more for instance. The expenses in 1846 for general revenue purposes were 9193,223 66 in 1854 they were $606,850 98, only a difference of 9413,527 42, or more than three times as much as they were under Whig rule in 1 846. Comparisons are odious, indeed, when such a glaring discrepancy as this, is made apparent'.!" . '; '' ; 'We ask our readers to ponder these things well. We have made no election eering story to deceive you, but have given yoa a plain statement of facts, taken front public documents. a. . Pbissncc or Mind. Tbe Chicago PreM tells the following story. "A lady was one evening In her draw ing room alone, when the only inmate of tbe bouse, a brother wbo had been Decay ing a tendency to unsoundness ot mind, entered with a carvinjr knife in hit hand, and, shutting the door, came up to her and said : Mrgaret, an odd idea bas occurred to me. ' I wish to paint the head of John the baptist, and I think yours would make an excellent study for it. 8o if you please, I will cutoff your head. She looked at her brother's eye, and, seeing no token of jest, concluded that he meant to do at be said. There was an epen window and bat-oony by her side, with a street in front, but a moment satisfied her that safety did not lie in that way. , So, putting on a smi ling countenance, she said with the greatest apparent cordiality J That is a strange Idea 'George ; but. would it not be a pity to spoil this new lace tippet which I have got on T I will just step to my room and put it off and be with you again in half a minute. -' Without waiting to give bim time to consider, she stepped lightly across the floor and passed out. Ia another moment 'he was safe in, her room, whence she easily gave the alarm and returned,' when the madman wat secured.'1 ' ' ' " ' ' t f, 'i .j v '. ' a ITiw Gam. The Cincinnati Qatttt of this mprhing contains the following ttate-meat : " .j:.v; J "Wei have Irtt-raU authority for making the fallowing statement:,, , -,'. Ciroulor have been sent to tbe leading Trimble men in every county ia the state to ascertain their6 actual 'strength, for the fcurpose, If theythiak there are enough, by aaiting on one man to defeat Mr. Chase, to withdraw . Mr Trimble, .and aaite on Jlsdill. They ar .figuring at this bow, and if Trimble stay on the track until the election, It wilt be because1 his friends and Medill't friends are satisfied that' they eani notedmmand vetct ehovgh todeCtet Chase. ia The above information tomes to as, from reliable souree.?!,,. : Gen. Harrison't Generosity, , . , We heard an Interesting anecdote, the other day, of General Harrison, which we have never seen in print, During the political campaign which terminated in the election of General Harrison, a certain well known democratic editor visited , In order to address a Colitical meeting there. Upon his arrival e was surrounded by the friends of the faith, and soon found himsell warmly discussing the principles of the old democracy. After convincing his friends of the ruin in which the Whigs were attempting to involve the country and the all-taving Democracy, he eommenoed upon the private character of General Harrison; he had not prooeoded far in this strain, bow-ever, before he was confronted by a tall, raw-boned pioneer, with " Look here, stranger, if you mean to say that General Harrison is anything less than a gentleman, you're a villain and a liarl" The editor stopped short looked around in surprise perhaps he expected to see the bold insulter annihilated. The pioneer continued : "I am a democrat ; but I don't allow any demagogue to speak disparagingly of tren. Harrison in my presence. " O, you're excited, my friend," remark-' ed the editor cooly. " I'm not excited : but 1 owe my home to General Harrison, and when any man abuses him he's got to fight. If you want to know why, I will tell you. When 1 came out West I squatted on an eighty acre bit of land I had no money and whenever 1 trot a job of work which would bring me a little cash, I pitched in, and procured my earned money and laid it up. Thus I worked for a long time, saving all the silver I came across 1 believe I d sooner have starved than spent any of the bard till at length I succeeded in amass ing enough to pay for my eighty acres. When I'd earned the last cent, I started early one morning, with my knapsack of food upon my back, and my oasu in my pocket, and taking the Indian trail, made or Cincinnati, where the land office was then situated. When I got there and counted out my money, the land agent told me that one of my dollars was spurious. This troubled me. I didn't know what to do. A dollar was a mighty big sum with me, and I hadn't another oent in tbe world besides, I'd come a mighty long way on foot, and it seemed hard to have to go home without my land. While I stood there talking to the agent in came the General, who, upon finding out what the trouble was, gave me the extra dollar, and invited me to stop at North Bend thai night, as I returned home. I took bim at bis word and stopped, telling Mrs. Harrison that the General invited me to take np my lodging there that night, and I had not been there long before the General came himself came in : he welcomed me, and I slept there that night. When I was about to start next morning, the General, showing me a mare, told me hadn't a bridle or halter to give me, but if I'd get the mare home I might have her. He no sooner said this than I cut to the woods, stripped some young paw-paw bark, made a halter of it, returned and caught my mare, and went home feeling prouder than a king. Prior to this I had no stock on my farm. Now, gentlemen, haven't I a right to defend General Harrison?" Then turning to the editor, " And you puppy, you, if you repeat anything derogatory to the character of my benefactor, I'll smash every bone in your body." Tbe editor was not inclined to doubt the sincerity of the pioneer, and very prudently took good care to leave off his tirade against the personal character of General Harrison. Connerwill Times. " Ma. CoRWiif was here during the State Fair, and we learn expressed his determination to vote for Trimble in various con-venations." Ohio Statesman of Sunday, September 30A., ..; . ; . i In days past the Statesman has labored hard to disgrace Mr. Corwin before his countrymen. And here, comet another covert attempt, and from the same grovelling motive that prompted other efforts, namely, a willingness to advance party interests at the expense of private reputation or public welfare. " : , If the public can be made to believe that Mr. Corwin said one thing to one man, another thing to another man, it follows that Mr. Corwin is trifler and unworthy of confidence,' whose judgment and opinions should not be headed. , Mr. Corwin is too well beloved, too deeply respected by bis fellow eiticens, for them to listen for a moment to tbe base insinuations of the Statesman. We pronounce the above story false in everv narticular false in ita inception, false in its utterance, without a shadow of foundation to rest on. The Statesman can produce no man who heard Mr. Corwin say be would vote for Trimble at the com ing election. On the contrary, every man wbo approached bim with a desire to learn bis opinions was told he would vote for Mr. Chase, and why he should vote for Mr, Chase. 1 He should vote for bim as the best and only mode left to rebuke the corrupt and aggressive admioistratioii at Washington. , ; . v Mr. Corwin does not fail to express his personal respect for Allen Trimble, but he thinki him in A wrong position. To sap port him now, would be administering to the corrupt influences of the Slave Power, and aiding to beat down the freedom and free men of the country. , , ' The Statesman' must Iry . tome other dodge to sustain the Slave . Democracy of Ohio. It is tottering oo iu last lee,! and the fd Taetdsy of tbia preseaO month wUl sink it so deep that no political resurrection will reach it. O. S. Journal. ' " ' CakA PoTitots.---A correipdnrJen id titkt Hart County, Indiana, writes thtt he planted bit " one acre more', in potatoes, and, now it appears all hi neighbors did tbe same. .The .consequence is that pota toes, as Sine At ever grew: are hottmallj Worth1 1 ft cents' ' bnsbel. but ' the market there i not safflcent to take . np one half tbt cropland be U, what are we to, do witt tnem. s f f, y , ,. j ' ' ,i i , i , '. For the Republican. Reform, Reform, : - Ma. Editor I Reform Ib and ought to be the watchword of the Republicans. The people of this County and of tint State are borne down with burdens of taxa tion in various forms, almost too intolerable to be endured... We need reform in this particular as well as ia many others. As among the reforms we ought to hve in this County, IJwould propose areduction in the compensation paid to some our of County officers. Some of these officers receive quite too much for the amount of labor they perform. For instance, I am told that our County Treasurer receives about 93,000 per annum, and labors not more than about six or eight months in the year. Now, Mr. Editor, I consider this compensation quite too large ; and especially as we farmers and others have to pay this enormous amount in the shape of taxes. Now, sir, I have understood from a reliable source that the post of County Treasurer will be taken at 91,200 per annum by a man very capable of performing the duties of the of fice, who will give good security to indem nify the County against loss. I am also informed the Poor-House can be given out for 9100 dollars per year, including the use of the poor-house farm and its appurtenances. I have no doubt that a reduction might be made in the County Auditor's annual compensation, as well as in other county offices. I think it would be well to com mence the work of reform at home as well as elsewhere. If we, the people, will on ly set about this matter in earnest we can accomplish it, and speedily relieve ourselves from a portion of the burdens which now oppress us.' I would suggest, Mr. Editor, that our Republican nominees for Treasurer and Infirmary Director be interrogated on this matter of reduction and reform, and if they respond to our satisfaction, let them have the undivided support of all the friends of reform. If they give an uncertain response, we may be sure there is "something rotten in Denmark," and we had better look for candidate to fill those offices who favor reduction and reform. What say you, fellow Republicans T 1 A Reformer prom ths Cotjntrt. Correspondence of the New Orleans Delta. Execution of a Boy. Alexandria, La., Aug. 27. The execution of the boy Frank, of the murder of Rev. J. J. Weems, took place on Friday last, the 24th inst. It is strange to say, that the majority of the citizens of Alexandria, and, in fact, tbe inhabitants all round, were anxious to see him executed; and on the fatal day when it came to pass, there was not a dozen people there 1 Some rode forty miles to witness this painful drama, but he was executed and buried by the time they came to Alexandria. On the day before he was called to face death, some gentlemen visited him and propounded questions to him; but his answers were, and could be no other than childish. He was, I believe, only ten years old. - The gentlemen told him that the Sheriff was to hang him on the next morning and asked him what he thought of it, and whether he had made his peace with God, and why he did not pray 7 Hit answer was "I hare been hung many a time I" He was, at the time, amusing himself with some marbles be had in his cell I He was playing all tbe time in jail, never once thinking that death was soon to claim him as his victim. To show you how a child'a mind ranges when about to die. I will mention that when upon the scaffold, he begged to be permitted to pray which was granted and then he commenced to cry I Oh I what horrible sight it wat I : ' , '. Diai Gbntlt. Deal gently with those that stray. If there are signs of repent-ance, there is hope, a kind word or smile may bring back the wanderer a frown, a bitter taunt may sink him in the lowest depths of infamy. A kisa is worth a thousand kicks. Draw back the erring one by love and persuasion. Knock at the door of his heart, feel your way up the winding ttairs, and perchance a pious mother's tears have kept a corner moist and tender touch it gently tenderly ttir the precious seed, and may hap you may pluck the ripened fruit in the spirit world. Deal gently with the erring. . . To err ia human to forgive divine," A kind word ia more amiable to the lost than a mine of gold,' think of this and be on your guard, re who would chase to the grave an erring brother. i -. i , .' . A SuABt Womab". A preauher not long since, asking to stay all night at a country house, waa Yorbidden by the lady. Know ing her to be a member of the church and generally pleased to entertain ministers, he began to .quote Paul .to her, hoping she would understand by this bint that he was a nreacher. He had hardly irot out, " For thereby some have entertained aogles unawares," when the said i - Bat angles, Kir, would not cdme- with tobaeo in their mouths.'? The preacher left, without fur ther ceremony. i;. ...i tW" The Westport correspondent of the Missouri Republican says that judge fit-mori fthe Judge who won't be removed) thinks he bat "(rot-the President. He proposes to wait a til hi successor demands the official ; teal ' end then will refuse to give it np.. It will then be sued for by, an action of quo varranto, " and thus the case Will be brought np. It fa said " that the Judge feelt toafident of gaining hit ease s bat be says, no matter how it ends he will 1 cicerwign.,. ... ; The Whig Party Dead, and How It Dled-Juiini Rockwell's Letter. Tht following it the reply of Mr. Rook-wbm, to tbe letter informing him of his nomination by tne republican Convention of Massachusetts : PiTTsmto, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1855. Gentlemen : I received last ' evening your letter bearing date of the 20th instant, which informs me that in the Republican Slate Convention, held on that day at Worcester, 1 was nominated as the candidate of the Republican Party for the office of uovernor of tbit commonwealth for the ensuing political year. Your letter inclosed copies of the address and Resolutions which you state were unanimously adopted by the Convention I accept the nomination of the Republican Party thus made, On the 17th inst. I attended a political meeting of citizens of this town, called lor the purpose of appointing delegates to tbe Convention at Worcester. I had careful ly considered the subject in all its bearings, keeping my mind open to every argument and suggestion, and my position was then publicly avowed.' lbat position requires me to change no opinion upon the publio questions before the country. While in the House of Representatives, the opinions and arguments put forth in my place there, and which are on record, lead directly in the light of tbe circumstances now surrounding us, to the principles set forth in the address and resolutions of the Worcester Convention. During tbe past year, in tbe Senate, a petition for the repeal of the fugitive Slave Law, subscribed by some eicht thousand men of Massachusetts, principally of Bos ton and its vicinity, was intrusted to my cure. A discussion ensued. At that time, as at others, the fact was announced by Senators who bad been elected as Whigs, and other events have fu.nished indubitable evidence of its truth, the Whig party had ceased to exist as a national party. We have watched with great interest the effect of the revival of the prospects of the Democratic party, to see whether the re suscitation of that party, upon so distinct pro-slavery ground, would not revive as a national party its former antagonists, and establish it upon the basis of freedom, and thus enable it to acquire Buch new strength as would make it successful. It seems no longer possible to entertain such an idea. And yet it cauuot be deemed impossible that in some way the great majority of the people of the oouotry may unite in resisting effectually the aggressions of tbe slavery interest, r ; Recognizing, therefore, " ttfe paramount issue, " I recognize as the only practicable means of sustaining our position upon that issue, our cooperation with the masses of our friends in other States in the formation, of the Republican party . of the Union. ' , No history and no experience justify despair of its becoming a National Party. Give it the best energies of the people of the r ree states ; give it tbe aid ot the wisdom, talent and eloquence which are now greatly wasted iq miuor contests ; give it the prospect of success and it will become a National party. The struggle, whether brief or protracted, will not break up the Union of these States; the more earnest and brief it may be the less will be- tbe danger of that. But its result, if it be to establish domestio slavery as a national institution, will plant the seeds of decay and dissolution. And without tuch determined struggle the same effect is inevitable.United action will give strength and mu tual confidence, and will enable us from time to time to take sound positions, which oan be everywhere defended and maintained. , . In connection with this brief statement of some of the public considerations which gcvern my course at this time. I will not speak at all ot personal wishes or teeiings. Very respectfully your obt. servant, i JULIUS ROCKWELL.; Messrs. N. P. Banks, Jr., and Sbth Wbbb, Jr., : ,, . . Pres't and Sec'ry of Convention. Hon. Tros. Corwis. In answer to fre quent inquiries, both oral and by letter, we say that, in repeated conversations .with ourselves and others, Mr. Corwin has avowed bis determination of voting for Mr. Unase, " not to sustain the man, but tbe prihoipli which drpends npon bis elec tion." We know and appreciate the repugnance which Mr. C. feels to being drawn again into the active fi IJ of politics. But in saying what we have, we violate no conndence, and we felt tbat bis old friends had a right to know his viow, ofar as we could properly gratify their curiosity. Manv an old Winer will feel hia course justified by the action of their old and fa vorite standard bearer. stale Journal. Wbio Trimblbrs ooino fob Ms dill. As the lay of election approaches, the Wbig Trimblert are becoming less careless of their disguise, and show themselves more and more resolved to aid the election of Mr. Mzdill.. We are glad to see it. Hypocrisy is the meanest kind of roguery, and its practice is beneath the character of a gontleman. . kt Pap Taylor, the Times, and C. W. 8tarbuck dt Co., and the little men who are in their councils play this game of petty political swindling; but but let it be confined to such. Whigs wbo are opposed to the election of Mr. Chase should go for Mr, Medill' at once, like ' met, not attempt to steal like cowards out of their reepomjbility. Their tpuls must be poor indeed when they require to miserable an act of self deception to keep themselves in countenance. 1 ' " '" i" Savaoss ii Tit Aaf.--Tbe San'Aeto-nio Ltdger aayt that Lieut. Randall re cently fell npon a party of Indians near fort uavisi killed ten, of their number. forced two aver a precipice sixty feet high, and took one child prisoner. ' Only two out bf fifteen' Indians Waned. -The traide killed the chief,' and Ueat Randall toalped kirn. About half of the Indians were, women, dressed M men, but their tex was flirt icirwo until after the killirj. ' Treasurer Cheit of the Atlantic. ! " We are permitted to make the following extract! from a letter from a gentleman in Canada West to a gentleman in this city. 'It gives an interesting account of an almost ... f .1 , ... . . .L. Buoceasiui auempi vu rccuTcr mo uninrj lost in the steamer AtUntic, on Lake Erie, about three years airo., : . ;. .. , ; . Pi. Dovaa, Aug., 1855. You no doubt hare heard of tbe many unsuccessful attempts to obtain the money chest lost with the steamer Atlantie, three years ago said to contain 960,000. .Tbe statute. I believe, limits the claim of owner ship over property thus lost to three yean, In this case, the time limited expired on the 20th inst,, and Green, the celebrated submarine diver, reached here on the 21st, in tbe canal boat schooner Yorktown, Capt. Patterson, on his way to tbe wreck,, twen ty-five miles distant. They returned yes terday, and being well acquainted with Capt. Patterson I obtained the folowing account from him : . . . "About 10 o'clock," say t Cant. P., "on the 26th, all being ready, Green de- cended by means of a line, whicb, having a grapple on the end, had become fast to something below. He was dressed with three pair of flannel drawers, three shirts, also flannel ; thret pair of woolen Blockings, surrounded by bis submarine armor ; Jon his feet he had a pair of stoga shoes, with a lead sole or j of an inch thick, and a belt of 80 lbs of shot around his body to sink him, (and the breast-piece of the ar mor cannot weigh less than ou ids.; latins hold of the line, he decended, finding it perfectly light, so that be could see all around bim to the debth of sixty feet, when it grew dark, and for the balance of his fearful journey amid the caverns of the deep, he was guided solely by !he line, until at a debth of about 140 feet, when he struck bottom, or something which he made out, to be the wheel-house of the ill-fated boat ; grouping along he slid on the hurricane from thence to the guards of the boat ; by poking around, he discovered the pre cise position of the beat, and found himself not far from the sought for omce, and made fast the end of a line which he had carried down with bim, to a stauncion near the gangway, and giving the signal, ascended, carrying with him a piece of the wheel- house, whicb he had secured, (a piece of which about 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches thick, was sawed off and presented to me by the Captain of the York-town.) He had gone down in all 152 feet and remained just 40 minutes. After rest ing he again decended, having first partaken of a hearty meal, without removing bis dress, save the head piece. His excitement was intence at bis great success thus tar. and when he decended the second time he was quite hot, (the day was intensely hot.) Decendin? bv his second line, he soon stood on the deck ; feeling bis way along, he soon reached the 'third' window, which being unbroken, he shattered it, and reaching in his hand, at last laid it upon the much coveted safe, just in the position which it had been described to bim. Not beinrr able to reach far enough to make his line fast, he again ascended for hook to hook through the handles ; reaching the deck he made known his success and requirement, and as no hook was ready, sat down until one could be secured to a line. As they were about ready, be rolled over and said be wbs sick. Tbey stripped him, and did all in their power for him, but were finally obliged to buoy the lines and make sail for this place, for medical attendance. They reached here at noon yesterday, and two physicians were immediately called, who expressed their opinion that he would not live ; however,- they labored faithfully with bim, and at nigbt pronounced him better, and thia morning although not out of danger, it is thought be will live, and is in a fair, way for a speedy recovery. , He saya if his life is spaied he will yet be the owner of that chest. He will no doubt be more oautious in future how be makes a dive when he. is warm, and on t full stomach.', His first exclama tion on bis second ' ascension- wa, ' I touched the gold." . V , .., ? - , Ohio and bkr Railroads. A Louis ville correspondedt of the S.Y.- Evening Post remarks :. The railways of Ohio are a marvel If you ever saw a populous anthill on the old tree stump, and marked tbe incessant crossing, going and coming of these industrious Lilliputians, you can form a tolerably clear idea of the Buckeyes and their doing. - All day and night the locomotive screams, and whistles, and puffs all over the State." ., ; Disunion. The Charleston, S. C. Mer cury in a correspondent's article says. " We have had enough of the "morions Union." The association, on our part, has long been dishonorable ; now, what with genteel scoundrelism. exhibited "in fashionable bankruptcies, foreign and free negro riots, open and professed infidelity dec, dtc the connection has become positively disreputable. A thoroughly organ ized Disunion party it the desideratum, and until tuoh be formed at the South, all time devoted to political discussion will be " time wasted." ' ; Chahob or Frort.-At the gathering of the Trimble and Medill leaders durmg the State rir, : it was determined to eoocea Irate their force on Medill, aa the , only chance of defeating the Republican can didate. Previously, the immediate mends of Gov. Trimble bad been unwilling to take thia course - but the ease val id hopeless aa showBw up by , report from all quarters that it was determined to keepup the came of Trimble to' catch conscientious " Henry day Whig."' while" the ' Initiated," those with) real pro-Slavery' feelings, should g6 direM 'op Medill. , -fi,-, , . , V( IS Read tbe tetter from. McConnela- ville, if you have any doubts on this, sub-u. t m; Xim T.i .- .... '-"'i i. i - ....m y:: ' - - I tt Dr. Tom Edward, 'of Cincinnati requests tbe Commercial to to tt that he ha been potted to'wneak at the Trimble meeting without hit knowledge or fan-tent, He has no sympathy with the nsvt-ment, and eompUiris of the newarrir'.H ti cif V r 1 Whigi, be hot DocclTel I, , Block Sympathy for Tr'ibleThe Trqe Nature of tbe Movement Eipoe- Whig betrayed to the Ettererr at the bottom of it I , , ,, ,-. v The following letter from a perfectly reliable source,- discloses the true object of the LEADERS in the Trimbjt movement. It remains to be seen whether the pretext held forth, namely, the vindication of Whiff Principle! will serve to delude Old Whigs into the support of Medill and tbe SLAVIC J DEMOCRACY I Friends Old Lino Whigs read the leWer'TTTT. VT : MoConnblsviUb, Sept, W, 1855. " Editobs JooRbalJ I have something to communicate, which,' should you deem it of eufficient importance, you can use as your judgment may dictate. .--i j . This morning I accidentally fojl into conversation with a prominent Democrat from Stark county, Mr. Cocke, formerly a Rep-resentative of that county in the Legisla-ture. In the course of tbe conversation he gave it as his opinion that Medill jrould be re-elected; and urged as a reason, that being in attendance at the Stale TFair last week, he had listened to' a conversation between two prominent bid line Whigs, one residing in Greene eounty, i. G. Gest, and the other name not mentioned, but resi dent of Clark eounty.- 1 The Clark county man said that he was huiraing and electioneering for Trimulb, but at the election he would vote for Oov. Medill; and Qeat saidr ? that ia right, ti is precisely Jibe course that I intended to pursue,; and that the Trimbleitesin Greenecounty would ' do the same thing.' , !. It occurred to me that this should be known, that themasses(T) of Trimble men might be advised of the aims ana onjectsoi ( their leaders, which is to transfer "straight Whiffs" over body and breeches, to the ' support of Billy Medill fc Co." - 1 ' " ' xoursiruiy, ...... ISRAEL GREEN., , The facta here disclosed agree fully with information to the same effect which reach-, es us from two other quarters. It so hap ' pens that we are enabled to certify to the treachery of Mr. Gest 'ourselves. i When -i we confronted him and charged. Vim, with,,, his hypocritical pretence , of, support of Trimble, his answer was that he never' . pretended to be a Trimble man I '- Yet h J figured as one of the speakers, in company " with Charley Anderson and Judge John nl son, at tbe xnmoie meeting in w suyi during the State Fair I, ,, ,-, y . -( WHIGS 1 Friends of FrbbdomJ We were betrayed by our Southern friends in' 11 Congress in the repeal of the Missouri Com- i promise. Bkwarb of 'Nobthmui Doc-n, racBs I -I ? -v ':'": ,v-.i ..jt wmj Mexico. '. -:1B7 ,i.'JI The lasfrevolutiori fri Mexico,' (hough It. has succeeded in getting ridof Santa Anna,'' has installed a government which renders a new revolution necessary before those;1 who started ' he last accomplish their object. ' Carrera, the provisional president, seems determined to hold on to the reigns of pow--, er, but the real revolutionist are disposed t to " brush ,him out." He has adopted some vigorous measures and introduced some important reforms, and proposes that '' the National Guards thall again become T the bulwark of the nation's liberties.' He hat re-established commercial communica- j tion; granted unlimited freedom to the press ; abolished the title bf serede highness " ' recalled all exiles ; deprived the command-i ing Generals of authority over the revenue) ; has prohibited the registering or detention., of correspondence. ; and re-established the mails. , He has convoked the Constituent Congress conformably to the law of 1841, agreably with the requirements of tha t Ayutla plan. . This looks like assuming the t reigns of power in reality, and whether he will, be disposed to resign authority to either Alvarez or Vidaurri,' the" leaders 'of' " Young Mexico," and rivals of each other t is a question which tim will' tet,'i The Federative form, ot .government teems, to14 be tbat favored by the mass ol the people There have been other "plans 'which, contemplated the establishment" of several dir'' tinct republic! which were formed by thea Texan, bat the jelouty agaiosi, foreigner j, has caused .Vidaurri. to , repudiate) the " auxiliaries" who lent him assistance, and now the Mexican leader of all complexion ' are against t any foreijjn interference.- ' Philadelphia Ledger. vfemw u Tn OnrniW or VmTiinfiit.ii MntfViIti. A' correspondent of tbe Cleveland Lead'- er, in an account of a Trimble meeting held at Massillon, says that E. P. Norton1 claimed, in his speech, to be the Fathbr of) the Trimble party, and stated that"" ths ' whole tcheme 6f organisation wat Coaeoet- ed in hit office by him and few of h'm friends.',' . Ubarlee Anderson, Judge Joba, ton and Co, must feel particularly gratified at the idea of playing seeobd fiddle to Mr.' KortM--(?fatv.' v ji ij '(!ii'.;ica u ! .ii i M i ii i y : .,(, ,,.io A Ukoallakv Jjivinb. The following, is told of the Rev, Dr. Kirk, of Boston. Early in life a lady of fortune,' whose at-' ' ten tion was awakened towards thn by Lis conspicuous talents, wrote bim nete, bf-J faring' bim her heart fortnaet And hkad.i Tbe Rev. Dr., however, with more terae- ness than gallantry, replied, to ber; that she had better give her heart to' tht Lord," her-fortune to the church-, and''"' reserve' her band for hint who ahbald uk.it.? t t.) ""WMkyMttkAaMMittlaUail f. f 1-lff Frank Corwin, in note to rtbft, Clinton Republican,' tlitei thsthehsdrWeii. appointed td apeak at' Trimble 'incetin' when he wat btMt:'from-th,-'6toU,7uiI' that the tppoinlmefttt'were made, .wjthout hit knotledg bf consent He ha neither the- Cmt er inclination to 6fl ilc aolnf- tfcntaW'fJ 'oii.' J.I l :. ii , .i. c m 17 TV " I1" -,.. ri!.-, fWM the Womn rJghta ConvantioBi, at Saratoga a few day since, while Mrs., Lucy 8 one Bfackwell was ipeakins, nme facetious opponent of1 Lucy's throty ',: her, who would bu care of the h-' ' ' when mother went .to, Conjrre;s !" ."f, will fpply to that everlstin qvif j,' joined Lucy, " by asU"? ivuo t ' , cf . r """f""r"' TT TT